Dispensing-cabinet.



Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

S SHEEIS SHEET 1.

W. H. GSMBR.

DISPENSING CABINET.

APPLHLATION FILED JAN. 1914.

E ggg@ Patented 00h13, 1914.

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im y 'i' y W. H. OSMBR.

DISPENSING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.24.1914.

, 8,476. Patend 0011131914.

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@einen nomi that 7*.iiigiisii ii. Genna, -fi i oi the United States, residing ai St.

f: 1.,., in the etnie oi iuissoini, eine inveneil n w and useiul l snensingfabinei. oi wliicn the oliowing speciiication.

iennion reiiites io oispensing enein c, ier use in saires, saiesrooins, c., for sowing. exhibiting and dispensing eyiin` llricel con'iinodiiies, suoli es spooieu. viieed, ined goods and einer si'icles pn; no ior similar 'e oyiindiicai ifoini, in metal,

pssteboerci, texile or preseii improvements ogrovide a new, coin'nee, {iisining ene, or series i. the conterns, or e l placed therein, end ""jf displ Verl for ssie, in i infective eenen-ion; second, pro-l of iliis eiifiiaciei', n'iili ineens convenient discharge and removal oiiecis ciispensed.

end, my invention provides rerieei climi-es, eecii erinineing e, Wi'ih en inclined dciifery end, "ii n discimrge le?4 eo; ,nnciively separating ge-ee, eppiied,

ne contents ci eeen er; oi' oihenpresciibecl qu` ieiies, an a s 'or i'utoineeicelly re Jeising lever io noriniil posiiioii, when ,Il iioin operative pressure.

.Able 1oliei's, skilled in. tlie :.iit nj," invention apperiains, to maire die seine, will non' proceed ci consirueion and opereien, re

I nce o lied to the accompanying 1 raie Aming part of tl'iis specific-infin,

ure i, is a iront elevation my iniweil cabinet; 2, is a .f'eiieel. sectional tile saine; Fig. 3 is a iiorizonei seciken, api-ioiiiiiieieiy, on fixe i The cover of the de- Fig. el, is en inverted or bottom plan e of die cabinet; Fig. 5, is an enlarged le elevation ofthe iowei portion ef the ciibinei, peri of the casing* being cierren sway, nel paris being shown. in see-non; iw e, View similar to Fig. exc-epi .v in.

Specification of Le'ers Patent.

faiienreii @ciu i3, i914.

serial ne. 814.039.

Jig. T, is an enlarged section of the separeting gage, salzen on the line '?-T, of Fig. i.

Similar igures of reference indicate simihiougiious the sei-'eral Views.

re resenis iny improved dispensing niiet, in its general arrangement.

L, are the verieai chutes, which may be eonsruced eiliei singly, or in' e row of two oi' more, Eaeli chute 2, consisting of en upright compartment, emtying into a slenting, or inclined fleliveliy chiite 5, the upright or vertical chute il, being hinged, es ai, Li, ilo ine uppeiinner end oi` the delivery chute 5. This plan of eonstrucing ne eiiuee with ehe 'counter-Weight 23, cord pulley and hand-hold 26, pennies of iis being tipped forward iai enough to be convenienely filled or ioeded, and entoinei-iesiiy reinrned to and iield in its normal, ii right position in the cabinet. 'lliis plan being; especially convenient when larger cylindiieei aricles than spools of thread, :ire fio be placed in the chute 2, such as canned goods, peper or passe-board cylinders Containing sugar, coiiee, rioe and simi lar eoniniodiiiies.

The lower end oi the chute 2, is provided iosition, inf 6, the purpose of the gate I .oeingg` to Giese the outlet of the ciiute secion e'iiiie ii; is being fille@ a the top, to I again loe opened when ready to discharge its contenis. it will be noted that iie gate 3, does noieongroi Jdie direct or final discharge of die comente oi lie cebinei, but serves as supplemental, intervening gate or check, controlling the feed of the file into vthe diseiinie, and is operaed entireiy inciepenclen ci the discharge lever 1Q. It may be eonsiructed and applied in the pre ierrecl for n, as shown, or in any oiier Weil 1 liinoirn inennei.

The eiiue section '12, may be constructed to carry singleL double or triple le of ,cylindrical articles, if desired, and it is eiso, made avaiiable for articles uniform, but smaller in dimension, than its iaigest size capacity, which is accomplished Vby placing udjustebie, longiudinel 'sliis or divisions Si,`in .lie chuesection 2, arranged and adjusted to it it the file, or files of articles of uniform size, #zo be jeeirieci by it,

The delivery chute, or inclinedsection l5, and its hinged cover 6, with the preferred plan of their construction, and application for'use, will be noted in Figs. 2, 5, and

`7, represents the 'Winged or oldingbverlapping compression separating gage; 'iinged along one edge to the shaft 32, uponwhich shaft, the retaining spring 8, Adesigned; to hold thewgage 7 in its normal position, is

kmounted as shown, thus `forming a -Wing' connection of Vthe 'gage 7, to and acro'ssthe top of the delivery chutes 5. It will be noted, that by a downward' sweep of the discharge lever 12, the' separating. gage 7 per- 'forms its function by folding its free edge down in pressure engagement upon vthe object to be retained in the delivery chute 5, thus separating it from' thearticle preceding it to be 4disclfiarged when the discharge lever 12, opens the gate 13, to release'it.

The advantage of my improved folding compression gage is, that articles in the de.` livery chute cannot pile up against it, and thus choke'or clog the chute, a result incidental to' therpressure of articles in a loaded chute, in movement against thel-right-angle, directly inserted, separating blade. commonly used, which, under this condition, is frequently difficult to operate. .Hence, by my present improvement, when the 'dise charge lever 12, is released from operative pressure, the gage 7,-being of overlapping pressure connection or contact, cannot wedge tast between articles 1n the delivery chute 5, tor by means of the spring` 8, the gage 7 ,f

is instantly thrown open, and clear of the contents ot the chute,vand is ready for repeat action,v no matter how heavily loaded'y the delivery chute may1 be. This is an imf portant factor, especially Where cans or. heavy cylindrical objects are to be .manipuv lated.

Clt-her features of my separat-ing gage 7, are its economy in construction and range of utility, in that While it may be used in cabinets having av single chute, by longitiif dinal continuity of thegage, it is made' vavailable for a series of lparallel delivery chutes 5, across which, it may be extended as shown. In order to properly control, by

a continuous separating gage, and separate the different sized articles contained in each chute, of a series of separa-te chutes, theV 'width of wing; of the gaffe 7. kisw'idenod` or varied to meet these 'different requirements, as shown by ,the graduate marks 7 and 7". indicated in Fig.

The chcclr-spring 9, it will be observed by reference to Fig.` 5, is an intermediate connectine compression spring, connecting the gage 7, with its operating; mechanism-affording means of intervening expansion or contraction of space between the pressure edge of the gage 7 and the discharge lever 12, its object being to a'liord a wider or adsweep for the downward stroke oi said lever, 'so thattlie topof the gate 13, and the l receiving apron 14, may be readily brought to a .plane vof'alineinent With the'discharge 4end of the delivery chute 5, thus .serving as a check against over-straining or 'bending of that portion of the" separating gage 7, brrmight` into. direct u folded upon the' article-to be retained by separation inthe delivery chute.

'The universal trip-rod 10, ivhichis coextensive with the separating gage 7, 'may pivoted at the trunnionsgli, and connected with the check-spi Q," or, the pivot-arms may beomitted, the-'itrip-rod10,- sus pended independently, from the checkspring 9, as may be rilesiredf.. it will be olil served, that by extendin'gfthe trip'rod 10, below, fand-underthe roW;,lof separate, independent discharge levers 12, means are aiiorded, whereby' each discharge lever 12, independently, operates the'znniversai 'sepa- `rating gagel 7, in its function of rei-easing and separating articles for discharge from the cabinet.

1 2, is the ldischarge, lever, its 1'nner end being pivotally mounted on 'the ln its normal position ',fit` rests s bottom or base of the delivery chi Where it is held in placeby'thetorsion spring 22, its opera-ting sweep, being between the posts '33, on eaCli `side of itspath atthetront of the cabinet with its upward limit gaged by the'bottom of the .chute against which it rests.. InI this instance, vits free end, at the line 'of projection beyond the outer end; of

the delivery chute is turnedupiy'a-rd, be

ing thus'formed to provide a 'gate -or closure 13, for the outer, or -delivery end of the chiite section 5; continuing its outward projection, at'right'angle from the gate 13. the receiving apron 14, is'` foi-ined, terminating with a lfinger-plate 15, The discharge lever 12, comprising the gate 13. receivingapron'M, and finger plate 15, varies in vtidth,l to correspond with that of the chute itis to serve. In addition to the object of gaging the upward-sweep ofthe dischargeflever- 12, the plan of its body portion` nnderlapping the delivery chute 5, saves room or space in the cabinet. formerly required; at 'the sides of or .between delivery chutes, which is an essential feature Where-a plurality'of chutes are effected. ,The narrow discharge levers 12."ha've an 'elongated slot-16, through the receivingapron-lt, while the vWider ones have. instead` a recess 17, atl each side ot the -nger-plate 15, so arranged as to regis ter with thestopfposts '18 projecting uw Wardlv from thebase-plate 34, and' sutlioiently extended through saidapertnres 16 and 17 to stop, and Yretain the released article, discharged from the cabinet by de ressure Contact when Sti:

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e icles ef dii erent size I a 4 legged from ius sepnre-ie chin` li, independently, 35 carries sri' ize,

ding' cennnessien sepereing sed cenneeted 'Wiili 'lle `d below seid chut-ee ive-vallei with sei gege', se enneee-l sine' @einen er more ai 'right singles y cenipiessien sepned peieliei tripgage nf; erich end eg,i1iz\tingg i eid" chutes.

1' isps-n seid eline MTed ecnniere delivey en ees, eeen chue fing; efsepemte individuel discharge le '3? inne? end pi'vetelly secured Within elle canine@ iis Jfree enter end projecting eeee eeom ef said. chute and e sus- '7e @ended universel tfipeed pelellei with seid `ce between lie seid ccnneeed pnis end t mseliege leve-. projecting und operating 35 elle 'betteln ci' seid chute mid tripin e dispensing cabinet leaving ene ei* deliif'ey chutes, e. discliei mechenism comprising esepeieing' discharge lever and a. eheeisprir j.J id ieeed Wish said and Aecuffaed by lei-'ei te a'oid 'e yielding reeipzeceng and eonzec'ien of Space beiween seid ievez, secured, applied and epeietinf sulistantieliy as sei; :feili end descii ed.

9. n e dispensing cabinet ne. g ene er more deiiveiy chutes, e discharging mechenisni comprising e sepeeting gege, dis- Charge lever, a suspended Hip-red peallel nidi said gege', and e clieek-sping eonnecing said gage and trip-red ect-need by seid lever te afford a yielding reciprocating expension and contraction of spnee applied and operating between seid gege and levee, substantially as see crh.

l0. ln e dispensing cabinet having one el* more delivery chutes, e disclim'ging' mechenism comprising a folding, compression separating gage, e pvcted discharge leven: and a check-spring, connected with said and actuated ley seid lever te afford u yieldA ing expansion and ccntmetien ci' space ne tween said gage and lever7 secured, applied and operating substantially as sci'J forth. f

1l. ln e dispensing cabinet having one or incre delivery chutes, n dischaiging meehenieni comprising n' hinged folding compresysien sepmrnting gege, a suspended ti'ip-iod parallel with seid gege, a. dise :inge leve? 12e project-ing nt right angles beween seid gege and trip-rod and e check-swing, eennecing said gege end wip-Tod, actuated by smid levez' e :iioid :i reeipi'ecnfing; e1-pen- :ind contraction of speee between seid i2 ge and trip-rod, subsnntielly as se eith. l2. ln a dispensing Cabinet li Ting; one ei* more delivery chutes and e 'leiding com sepeaging gage operaie@ ey lfsvvvee "centinuing and shaped et right-an- 'fgle's rom the outer'end of said chute form-v at its base to the cabinet upon each side ot said' discharge lever Wherev it projects from' the cabinet at the end of thechute, yof e length and curve coextensive with the sweep ofvsaid lever, substantially as set forth..

vi3. In a, deliveijy chute for dispensing cabinets, a discharge lever, its inner end piv- -oteilly s'cecured to its bedy portiony extending belv'w seid chute normally resting against ',tliecivlter endv thereof gaging its upward lng e; gente?l closu're therefor the free end cntmulngl, d turneni outweigcllyjrom the topif the vgfite forming a` receiving-apron emnger-plate said, apron having ene or inorezepeijtuifes vadapted to register therein in the cpen'sweep of said lever, en upwardly projecting reta ning post secured to the base v Iel? the cabinet and sliitably'shaped to retain feticieslischei-ged therefrom. y r v14:.' In e dispensing cabinet having one ci* vzo more eivey'chutes and si controlling discharge lever fai' 'each chute pivotelly Asecured at its innef'end and terminating at 'its oter enel' iii ain npertui'ed receivingepron and finger-plate; a suitably` shaped retaining post secure te the'cebinet iiel'o'w the discharge level-extending upwardly and v registeringthrough its corresponding' apertures in the ".receivi11g-apron siiliciently to retain articles discharged from the cabinet While the lever and gte are in' apen-13c-y 

